Proper noun
(historical) A female given name from Latin.
(Ancient Rome) Poppaea Sabina
Source: en.wiktionary.orgCinnamon was too expensive to be commonly used on funeral pyres in Rome, but the Emperor Nero is said to have burned a year's worth of the city's supply at the funeral for his wife Poppaea Sabina in AD 65. Toussaint-Samat 2009, p. 437f. Source: Internet
Matricide and consolidation of power Coin of Nero and Poppaea Sabina Over time, Nero became progressively more powerful, freeing himself of his advisers and eliminating rivals to the throne. Source: Internet
Nero also was reported to have kicked Poppaea to death in 65 before she could have his second child. Source: Internet
Nero divorced and banished Octavia on grounds of infertility, leaving him free to marry the pregnant Poppaea. Source: Internet
Other relationships When Nero's wife Poppaea Sabina died in 65, Nero went into deep mourning. Source: Internet
Reportedly because a marriage to Poppaea and a divorce from Octavia did not seem politically feasible with Agrippina alive, Nero ordered the murder of his mother in 59. Tacitus, Annals XIV.1. Source: Internet